Merseyrail to make changes to West Kirby and New Brighton timetable

Changes to the timetable will come into place from 31 July 2023.

Following the introduction of the new Class 777 trains on to the Merseyrail network, further temporary timetable changes are being made to the West Kirby and New Brighton lines to assist with the phased roll out of the ground-breaking new fleet of trains.

From Monday 31 July, there will be minor changes to support driver training.

These changes are as follows:

West Kirby line: On Monday-Friday five trains from West Kirkby to Moorfields will be cancelled (0921, 1036, 1221, 1336 and 1451). Five trains from Moorfields to West Kirkby will be cancelled (0951, 1106, 1251, 1406 and 1521).

On Saturday three trains from West Kirby will be cancelled (0851, 1006, 1121). Three trains from Moorfields to West Kirby will be cancelled (0921, 1036, 1151).

There are no cancellations on Sundays.

New Brighton line: On Monday-Friday seven trains from New Brighton to Moorfields will be cancelled (0923, 1023, 1123, 1238, 1338, 1438, 1538). Seven trains from Moorfields to New Brighton will be cancelled (0946, 1046, 1146, 1301, 1401, 1501 and 1601).

On Saturday, four trains from New Brighton to Moorfields will be cancelled (1238, 1338, 1438, 1538) and four trains from Moorfields to New Brighton will be cancelled (1301, 1401, 1501, 1601).

There are no cancellations on Sundays.

Suzanne Grant, Commercial Director at Merseyrail, said:

“Our driver training programme is moving across to the Wirral line as we head towards the next exciting phase of the roll out of the new trains.

“This does require a small number of temporary cancellations on the West Kirby and New Brighton lines while this happens.

“We apologise for any inconvenience that this will cause passengers and look forward to our Wirral line passengers experiencing the ground-breaking new trains as soon as possible.”